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Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision

Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision to offer.
Source: newyorker.com

How Airlines Use Facebook Bots.: It’s nothing new — Big companies such as Starbucks, CNN, Microsoft, Tommy Hilfiger,

How Airlines Use Facebook Bots.: It’s nothing new — Big companies such as Starbucks, CNN, Microsoft, Tommy Hilfiger, KIA, Pizza Hut and Co are making use of bots to support…
Source: chatbotsmagazine.com

Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Climbs: Japanese materials company prototypes a 26.3 percent efficient silicon cell, steps

Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Climbs: Japanese materials company prototypes a 26.3 percent efficient silicon cell, steps away from the 29 percent theoretical maximum
Source: ieee.org

An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent and How the Media Creates the Illusion of Democracy:

An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent and How the Media Creates the Illusion of Democracy: For nearly as many years as he’s occupied the public eye, famed linguist and anarchist philosopher Noam Chomsky has made claims that might have discredited other academics.
Source: openculture.com

Inpatient Rehab No Better Than Home Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Lorenzo Di

Inpatient Rehab No Better Than Home Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Inpatient rehab appears to offer no benefit over a supervised home program for patients recovering from total knee arthroplasty, a JAMA study finds. Some...
Source: jwatch.org

2017 Diabetes Care Standards Issued: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD The American Diabetes

2017 Diabetes Care Standards Issued: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD The American Diabetes Association has released its 2017 "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes." An overview of the group's guidance on pharmacologic therapy for type 2 diabetes is available … NEJM Journal...
Source: jwatch.org

Best anti-ageing exercise (for a part of mitochondrial metabolism) is high intensity interval training: "Exercise is the

Best anti-ageing exercise (for a part of mitochondrial metabolism) is high intensity interval training: "Exercise is the best anti-ageing pill, but which routine is most effective? A study reveals that HIIT is better than weight training at rejuvenating cells ..." says New Scientist magazine. "HIIT...
Source: newscientist.com

What’s the “Take Home” from Research on Dementia Trends?: Eric Larson and Kenneth Langa discuss whether the risk of

What’s the “Take Home” from Research on Dementia Trends?: Eric Larson and Kenneth Langa discuss whether the risk of dementia is increasing or decreasing over time. Eric B. Larson. Kenneth M. Langa. PLOS Medicine.
Source: plos.org

Staffing for pharmacies in Remote Areas.: Providing access to quality healthcare in under-served areas by leveraging mobile

Staffing for pharmacies in Remote Areas.: Providing access to quality healthcare in under-served areas by leveraging mobile technology and Innovative staffing.
Source: openideo.com

Transcranial alternating current stimulation used to boost working memory | KurzweilAI

Transcranial alternating current stimulation used to boost working memory | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Tesla Teams With Tiny Hawaiian Utility to Store Solar: Kauai Island Electric Cooperative is taking advantage of solar PV

Tesla Teams With Tiny Hawaiian Utility to Store Solar: Kauai Island Electric Cooperative is taking advantage of solar PV price drops and emerging battery technology to reinvent itself
Source: ieee.org

Learning to communicate: In this post we'll outline new OpenAI research in which agents develop their own language.

Learning to communicate: In this post we'll outline new OpenAI research in which agents develop their own language.
Source: openai.com

How Our Presales Chatbot Saves the Marketing Team 70% More Time: The inbound leads from our website are first handled by

How Our Presales Chatbot Saves the Marketing Team 70% More Time: The inbound leads from our website are first handled by marketing executives and latter passed to the sales department. The mode of…
Source: chatbotsmagazine.com

What Happened When We Took the SCiO Food Analyzer Grocery Shopping: Who needs infrared spectrometers in their phones? People

What Happened When We Took the SCiO Food Analyzer Grocery Shopping: Who needs infrared spectrometers in their phones? People who hate buying tasteless produce or mystery cheese
Source: ieee.org

Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?: "There are a lot

Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about sites built on an issue?: "There are a lot of ways to define 'community.' We know it can be built around geography. But there should also be a community of people who care about climate, a community of people who care about...
Source: niemanlab.org

A Bot That Does What Uber Won’t: College student creates Messenger bot for hiring favorite drivers

A Bot That Does What Uber Won’t: College student creates Messenger bot for hiring favorite drivers
Source: chatbotsmagazine.com

The 'robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees - BBC News: A technology used to fight parking fines is now helping

The 'robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees - BBC News: A technology used to fight parking fines is now helping asylum seekers apply for emergency housing.
Source: bbc.com

Germany to push for carbon price at G20 - BBC News: Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a

Germany to push for carbon price at G20 - BBC News: Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a global price on carbon, say officials.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA |: Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced

Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA |: Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced winning FDA clearance to introduce Yomi, the first robotically assisted dental surgical system. Y
Source: medgadget.com

Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies: Drexel University study: A new study led by Drexel University

Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies: Drexel University study: A new study led by Drexel University found that a majority of Americans visited doctors in the past year who had been paid or given gifts by pharmaceutical or medical device companies -- but very few patients knew...
Source: eurekalert.org